Strange Holiday (1970 film)
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Duration Country Australia | 4.3/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Family Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 28 August 1970 Based on novel Two Years Vacation by Jules Verne Initial release February 28, 1970 (Bismarck) Cast Mark Lee (Costar), (Castaway Nurse Kate), Larry Crane (Wilcox), Ross Williams (Jacob), Jaeme Hamilton (Briant)Similar movies Swiss Family Robinson (1940) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strange Holiday is a 1970 Australian Television film.
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Plot
Ten boys and a dog are shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific. After a storm they discover another boat has been shipwrecked on the island. They make friends with two of the survivors, a nurse and ship's carpenter, but discover there are three other survivors who are ruthless mutineers. The children manage to outwit the mutineers, the carpenter builds them a boat and they sail home.
Cast
Production
The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studios. Shooting began in April 1969 in the Atransa Studios at Sydney and up the coast nearby. Production soon followed on another feature Little Jungle Boy (1970).
Reception
The movie returned a comfortable profit to its investors.
References
Strange Holiday (1970 film) WikipediaStrange Holiday (1970 film) IMDb